He was well aware he was dreaming, but he didn't like it.
Though fully aware, he was not in control of the dream, nor was he experiencing the dream himself.
He was standing in a black void, yet still on solid ground.
Standing a good ways in front of him was his child self, approximately four years old, crying his little eyes out, his face buried in his hands.
He could not move nor walk forward. All he could do was stand and watch his child self cry.
"Daddy! Don't leave me!" The child wails. "Don't go with that woman! Stay with us!"
A figurative cold rock of what feels like ice forms in his throat.
How naive his child self was.
His father wasn't coming back.
He'd left with another woman.
He no longer had any want for his father to come back.
And yet his child self cried on and on.
Finally, the young boy turns his head back to Dan Heng, his eyes red and his cheeks wet.
"I can't help my daddy." He says, rubbing tears from his eyes. "And the bad people are going to hurt my mommy."
Shock runs through his body.
The bad people?
"What bad people?" He chokes one, finally in control of his mouth.
"Loo told me their name but I can't remember. But she said they're going to hurt my mommy." His child self says.
Loo?
He doesn't remember ever knowing anyone named Loo.
Nor does he remember there being and 'bad guys.'
"They're going to take her away...." His child self says quietly.
He sighs.
"I know." He says.
He feels himself falling for a split second before his eyes open to an intense sunlight.
He rests his arm over his eyes, blocking out the harsh sunlight.
He pushes himself up until he's sitting up and looks at the clock.
Six in the evening and the sunlight is still this bright?
He tilts his head back and stares at the ceiling.
He must have fallen asleep, as he had gotten home at three.
He's been asleep for three hours.
He grabs his phone off of his nightstand.
To his surprise, his phone shows many new notifications.
The only person who ever texted him was the black haired woman.
Who the heck is texting him now?
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(UnknownNumber)
UnknownNumber:
Hellooooo 🌸💖
Dan Heng:
Who the fuck are you?
UnknownNumber:
Aww you're so mean to me
It's March 😊
AND BEFORE YOU BLOCK ME HEAR ME OUT
Dan Heng:
I'm listening
March:
Wait really-
OMG
Okay anyways so
I know you're antisocial so I thought talking via text rather than face to face would be easier so I got Sparkle to give me your number because she knew it somehow ✋😞
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When The Maple Leaves Freeze (Danmarch)
RomanceHe has a secret and he has no idea why. Rather than turning into a mermaid like in standard child fantasy novels, Dan Heng turns into some form of a human-dragon hybrid when submerged in water. It started around the time he started high school, and...
